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Culture and language differences as a barrier to provision of quality care by the health workforce in Saudi Arabia

Khalid M. Almutairi
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (4) 425-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.4.10133
Khalid M. Almutairi
From the Department of Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 36 no. 4 425-431
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.4.10133
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25828278

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
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  • Received September 7, 2014
  • Accepted February 2, 2015
  • Published online April 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Khalid M. Almutairi, MSc, PhD⇑
  1. From the Department of Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Khalid M. Almutairi, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: assem21{at}hotmail.com
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